Cuspidor.



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RUDOLF :manson cotaoia,l NEW roux.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patelited Feb, 11, 19,13, v applicationmed august s, 1912. semi No. nasse.

To allan/tom t may concern:

Bc it known that I, RUDOLF Knaus' a citif zen of the United States,residing at orona, county. of Queens, and State of New York, haveinvented anew pidor, of which the following. is a' specification.

This invent-ion relates to a does not require tobe washed or otherwisecleaned from time'to time, and in which the promulgation of germs, etc.,owing to insutlicient cleaning is entirely excluded, so

thoroughly sanitary. In the accompanying drawingz- Figure 1 is a sideview of a cuspidor embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a yplan ofthe shell;Fig. 3 a side View of the shell showing itopened, and Fig. 4 aperspective view of the insert.

VThe cuspidor comprises essentially a cupshaped shell or container whichis open work and is bulged vtoward its bottom. The shellis'dividedlongitudinally into two sections 1'0 Iwhich are hingedlyconnected at their lower ends as at 11 and are provided with coactin'grfasteners 12 at their upper ends. By tilting sections 1,0 upon theirhinges, the shell may thus be opened or closed as will be readilyunderstood. Each section is com- I posed of an upper semi-circular rim,a. lower similar rim, and a plurality of spaced upeormectthe upper rimto the lower rim. a lower convex with a radially r'est 13 located atrim. The uppersides of the rests e curved and merge `gradually into theinner sides of ,ointly constitute means for section which is providedinwardly extending foot or this-patent may be lobtained for and ImprovedCus-y cuspidor which a distance above he lower tightly graspingspondingly shaped paper receptacle at a distance above the bottom.

With the shell constructed as described,

.there is adapted to coperate an insert which consists preferably of asheet of paper struck up into the form of a bag 15. Iffdesired,

the paper forming the bag may be made ire.-

and water proof.. The correlation of the parts is such that the insertmay be conveniently grasped by the shell 10 andmay be supported on therests 13 thereof.

In use, the shell is opened, the paper bag `is' inserted and placed uponrests 13 and then the shell is closed to securely sustain the bag inposition. By seating the bag at an elev-ation above thev bottom of theshell, the moisture, etc., is prevented fromrpassing the bag into theshell, or upon thefloor, so that cleanliness is insured. Whenevernecessary, the bag is removed and thrown away, while a new bag is fittedin position.

I claim.:

A cuspidor comprising a divided openi work shell composed of anuppersectional rim, a lower sectional rim, a plurality of spaced uprightribs that connect the upper rim sections to the corresponding'lower rimsections, said ribs having convex lower portions provided with radiallyinwardly .ex

tending curved rests at a distance above the= and with a paper bagadapted to ribs and to be seated upon lower rim, be grasped by the ,saidrests.

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